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Option Alternate Options Description Example

which to write the

output. If this is not

set, then the setup

information is written

to a temporary file.

/export/example2007.log

For no log file, set the

file name to

/dev/null:

-l /dev/null

Table 1.1. setup-ds-admin Options

4. Overview of Setup

After the Directory Server packages are installed, there is a script, setup-ds-admin.pl, which

you run to configure the new Directory Server and Administration Server instance. This script

launches an interactive setup program. The setup program supplies default configuration values

which you can accept them or substitute with alternatives. There are three kinds of setup

modes, depending on what you select when you first launch the setup program:

• Express — The fastest setup mode. This requires minimal interaction and uses default values

for almost all settings. Because express installation does not offer the choice of selecting the

Directory Server server port number or the directory suffix, among other settings, Red Hat

recommends that you not use it for production deployments. Also, express setups can fail if

default configuration values are not available because there is no way to offer an alternative.

• Typical — The default and most common setup mode. This prompts you to supply more

detailed information about the directory service, like suffix and configuration directory

information, while still proceeding quickly through the setup process.

• Custom — The most detailed setup mode. This provides more control over Administration

Server settings and also allows data to be imported into the Directory Server at setup, so that

entries are already populated in the databases when the setup is complete.

The information requested with the setup process is described in Table 1.2, “Comparison of

Setup Types”.

There is a fourth setup option, silent setup, which uses a configuration file and command-line

options to supply the Directory Server settings automatically, so there is no user interaction

required. It is also possible to pass setup arguments with the script, as described in Section 3,

“About the setup-ds-admin.pl Script”. The possible .inf setup file parameters are listed and

described in Section 3.5, “About .inf File Parameters”.

Overview of Setup